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50 New Ways to Turn Things into Other Things

Transmutations

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Editor: Christina Eftekhar

Mechanics Editor: Eytan Bernstein

Artwork: Cover art by Joe Slucher, Interior art by Joe Slucher

Art Direction and Layout: Kosala Ubayasekara

50 New Ways to Turn Things

into Other Things

Transmutations

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Handbook , hird Edition, published by Wizards of the

Coast, Inc. his product utilizes updated material from

the v.3.5 revision.

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About the Author

Matthew J. Hanson is an aspiring d20 designer and playwright from

Minneapolis Minnesota. He co-authored NPCyclopedia: Psionics, also

from Silven Publishing, has contributed to books from EN Publishing and

Expeditious Retreat Pres, and published the occasional article in Dragon

Magazine. If you would like to learn more about Matthew, please visit his

website at www.matthewjhanson.com.

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About the Mechanics Editor

Eytan Bernstein is a game designer from Long Island, New York. While

designing games, he has been teaching English and history in several

countries, including Korea and Canada. He is also an avid musician,

ilm buf, and animal enthusiast. Eytan hopes that gamers will enjoy his

contributions to Silven’s products because he has truly enjoyed writing

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Contents

Self-Loading Bolts

Skin of the Porcupine

Snake Arms

Introduction

Stone Plague

Are Transmutations for Me?

Telekinetic Choke

Tactics

Telekinetic Launch

How the Spells are Organized

Time Slow

Vorpal Strike

SpellList

Weight of the Ages

Sorcerer/Wizard Spells

Weighty Armor

Assassin Spells

OpenGamingLicense

Bard Spells

Cleric Spells

Druid Spells

Ranger Spells

Spells

Animate Tools

Awesome Strike

Awesome Striker

Balance Weapon

Brilliant Strike

Corrosive Blood

Copycat

Construct Form

Dire Form

Divide and Conquer

Dragon’s Teeth Warriors

Down and Out

Dweomer Nova

Escape Grapple

Expeditious Charge

Exploding Critical

Fall Up

Fearsome Familiar

Flatten

Flexarmor

Free Hand

Giant Boulder

Giant Lava Ball

Gravitational Crush

Gruesome Appetite

Holding the Viper

Ice Body

Immobilize

Intelligent Item

Iounic Transportation

Iron Maiden

Iron Paper

Limbless

Many Arms

Morning Enhancement

Nigh Indestructible

Overcompensation

Pants

Petrify

Pit Trap

Pit Trap, Improved

Redeine the Tools of War

A Book for Characters and Players

All the lavor text contained in this book is written in with

the idea that Fifty New Ways to Turn hings into Other hings

is not only available to the players, but also to their characters.

A character can buy this book, prepare the spells from it, and

gain knowledge of the lavor text. he spellbook is written by

Starlanko the Magniicent, a powerful wizard and experienced

salesman who lives in a generic fantasy world. Details for the

cost of Fifty New Ways to Turn hings into Other hings in

your campaign world can be found on another sidebar.

“bufs”). Because transmutation is so versatile and provides such

a staple of the wizard’s repertoire, I think most casters are well

advised to keep up on transmutations.

Since I brought up buing spells, I think I need to mention

a particular kind of spellcaster, the infamous warrior/mage,

sometimes called an eldritch knight, sometimes called another

word that rhymes with “dish.” Of all wizard and sorcerer

variations, casters on this path get the most use out of buing

spells, and they may wish to consider specializing in this school.

Tactics

Each spell herein includes speciic tactics for that spell, but I

thought I should discuss the all-important question: just when

should you cast those attack-improving spells?

he lavor text is also designed to spark campaign ideas for

adventures and NPCs. he names of kingdoms or historical

events can be easily changed to relect your campaign setting.

Introduction

When to Buf?

Sure, we all love making ourselves stronger, faster, and smarter,

but the problem is that if you are casting spells to improve your

own abilities, you can’t cast spells to hurt the enemy, or (if you

are into that sort of thing) attack them with your sword.

Greetings and thank you for purchasing Fifty New Ways to Turn

hings into Other hings: Starlanko the Magniicent’s Book of

Transmutation . I, of course, am Starlanko the Magniicent.

his is the second book in the Fifty New Ways to... series. For

years I sold spells one at a time. I dreamed of compiling a

collection such as this, but since each wizard’s arcane writings

are diferent, such mass production was diicult. Until now.

hanks to a revolutionary spell notation system you can easily

prepare spells directly from this book without transferring it to

your own book. If you enjoyed this volume, you may wish to

pick up a copy of my previous text, Fifty New Ways to Blow Stuf

Up , and keep you eyes peeled for future installments.

his is why, if you can help it, you want to cast buf spells just

before going into combat. Unfortunately you don’t always know

when you are going to be attacked, which is why I recommend

two classes of spell: instant spells and long lasting spells.

Instant spells are a class of spell that, as the name implies, can be

cast in an instant. Almost every spell has the potential for this

using the Quicken Spell feat, but there are a handful of spells

that can be cast instantly, even without requiring the feat (such

as expeditious charge ). he drawback of these spells is that they

typically last a very short amount of time, especially the low-

level instant varieties. hus you want to cast these spells directly

before you plan to take advantage of their beneits.

AreTransmutationsforMe?

Transmutation is probably the most lexible school of magic.

It provides ways to protect you, attack your foe, make you

stronger, and a whole host of basic utilities, such as ly and

the slightly too lexible polymorph . Normally when something

provides a little of everything, there is no area where it

particularly excels. Not so with transmutation. Namely

transmutation contains the most and best spells that enhance

you or your allies’ ofensive capabilities (spells I like to refer to as

he other alternative is to ind spells that have long durations,

lasting at least tens of minutes, preferably lasting hours. his

way you can cast when you think there is a remote chance

you will encounter combat (such as right before you enter

that dark dungeon). At higher levels you can cast these spells

Spellbooks for Sale

Fifty New Ways to Turn hings into Other hings may be available

for purchase in your campaign. he in-game version of Fifty

New Ways to Turn hings into Other hings contains all of the

lavor text in this book as well as the magical notations, all

scribed using the new generic spellbook technique. (See Scribe

Generic Spellbook sidebar).

Volume I (Spell Levels 0-3): 4,450 gp

Volume II (Spell Levels 4-6): 7,400 gp

Volume III (Spell Levels 7-9): 10,000 gp

By Spell Level:

Zero

275 gp

One

660 gp

Two

1320 gp

Several options are listed below for purchasing the spells: buying

them all in one set; in multilevel volumes; or on a level-by-level

basis. In true capitalist’s fashion, the larger the quantity of spells

purchased, the lower the price per spell.

hree

2640 gp

Four

2640 gp

Five

2750 gp

Six

2640 gp

Seven

4620 gp

Complete hree Volume Set

Spell Levels 1-9: 19,575 gp

Plus comes with a free copy of Starlanko the Magniicent’s

Elementary Draconic Primer ! A 500 gp value!

Eight

4400 gp

Nine

1980 gp

he Silven Trumpeter: Starlanko the Magniicent

If you enjoyed this book, you might want to check out

“he Adventures of Starlanko the Magniicent,” appearing

in the Silven Trumpeter , a quarterly PDF publication from

Silven Publishing. While the Starlanko stories interconnect

and events from one story afect the next, each episode is a

complete tale, allowing you to start reading at any point. he

irst issue of Silven Trumpeter is now on sale!

Changes in Spell Format

his book contains two small variations from the core spell

listings. hey include notations for costly components, and

the use of swift and immediate actions.

Costly Material Components

In the components line at the top of a spell description, spells

utilizing basic components found in a spell components

pouch are marked only with the standard “M,” while those

that have a cost of 1 gp or more are marked with “M C .”

Scribe Generic Spellbook

he Fifty New Ways to... spellbooks available to characters

use a new process for scribing that makes them easy to

understand, eliminating the need to recopy the spell into

their own book.

Swift and Immediate Actions

Swift and immediate actions are special types of actions. hey

take the same amount of time as a free action, but represent

mental efort, and thus you can only perform one swift or

immediate action per turn (casting a quickened spell is an

example of a swift action). Swift actions can be performed

only on your turn, while immediate actions can be performed

at any time.

he Spellcraft check needed to decipher these spellbooks has

a DC of only 10 + the spell’s level. Furthermore, a spellcaster

can prepare spells from these books without having the spell

in her own spellbook, and she only needs to succeed a single

Spellcraft check (DC 15 + the spell’s level). hereafter she

can prepare that spell automatically directly from the Fifty

New Ways ... book.

irst thing every morning and reap the beneits all day. Greater

magic weapon and overland light are probably the best-known

examples of such spells (along with the conjuration mage armor ).

I of course have brought you several more of these spells,

including self-loading bolts and overcompensation .

So, if as established above, you want spells that can either be cast

instantly or that last a long time, what metamagic enhancements

would you like to add? Anybody who said Quicken Spell or

Extend Spell gets ten extra points.

HowtheSpellsareOrganized

he spells in this book are listed in alphabetical order. he verbal

components of the spells are listed in both the Draconic and

Common tongues. Following the actual magical writings of each

spell are mundane writings pertaining to them. I made these

notes regarding two main points. First is a brief description of

the history of the spell, often including how it was created, or

at least how it came into my possession. he second section

gives my advice on how to best utilize the spell, when it is most

efective, and what strategies to employ.

Young, impulsive wizards might be tempted to skip over this

advice and just use the spells as they see it. I would like to

point out to these individuals that I have managed to survive

long enough to cast ninth-level spells.

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